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- 06 Jul 2017 20:38
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
Different vowels is similar sounds to you? Especially when we are talking about vowels with very different sounds? Yes, if two words are distinct only by a single vowel – especially an unstressed one – the are very similar, and might easily get confused in a noisy environment. The same is true, for...
- 06 Jul 2017 11:38
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
You would have a problem in other languages too. The point is that you should not have similar-sounding words in the same semantic domain. Say, if "beri" means blue, and "bere" means red, it might easily lead to mishearings. ("Did you mean the blue car or the red car?"...
- 02 Jul 2017 23:33
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
So, is having a biological body a prerequisite for being considered animate? Well there are hundreds of definitions of what "alive" means, so that should be quite clear. I don't know what you are thinking about, but if it is Mickey Mouse (as before) then I would say that for starters that...
- 02 Jul 2017 22:57
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
So, is having a biological body a prerequisite for being considered animate?Rodiniye wrote: In reference to other comments, yes a ghost is abstract, the bear in your wardrobe is concrete, etc.
- 02 Jul 2017 21:38
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
I want to know whether they're alive or notGamerGeek wrote:Xing wrote:...Elvis Presley, Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse...
- 02 Jul 2017 21:25
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
Exactly. They are both not animate. Whatever you think about god, it would probably fall into the abstract category. The wind, as a meteorological process, is classified as not animate - abstract too. What about ghosts, spirits, mythological creatures, the devil, Cthulhu, Elvis Presley, Santa Claus...
- 02 Jul 2017 17:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
Have you considered the possibility that gender might become grammaticalised? What do you mean by this? I could have expressed my self clearer. What I meant was that if people frequently use the gendered forms of the pronouns, they might start to regard those forms as the unmarked ones. So that the...
- 01 Jul 2017 19:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
Sentence structure - adjectives to appear behind the noun. Adverbial complements tend to appear between the Subject and the Verb, although this is not 100% strict. It was the order between adjectives I was wondering about (in the cases where several adjectives modify a noun). The same for adverbial...
- 01 Jul 2017 07:11
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Atlas: new auxlang
- Replies: 245
- Views: 63418
Re: Atlas: new auxlang
Some random thoughts, as I was reading through the grammar. Sentence structure Are there any rules concerning the order of adjectives, or of adverbial complements? Nouns Where do you draw the line between animate and inanimate nouns? (Or between "animals" and "vegetables"?) What...
- 14 Jun 2017 19:37
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: New international language, Rodinian, after 11 years of work
- Replies: 53
- Views: 10161
Re: New international language, Rodinian, after 11 years of
- Why gender? Good for accuracy. There are more straightforward ways to indicate the gender of something, when that is necessary. You could just use regular compounds ("man-cat", "woman-cat"), or adjectives ("male dog", "female dog"). There is no need to have...
- 03 Jan 2017 15:43
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: English Orthography Reform
- Replies: 402
- Views: 197136
Re: English Orthography Reform
No, but there can be other consequences, depending on context: not being taken seriously, having points docked by your teacher, failing to find/keep a job, getting shot by a panda, etc. People have lots of reasons for conforming to societal rules and expectations other than the law. But still, no o...
- 02 Jan 2017 22:36
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: English Orthography Reform
- Replies: 402
- Views: 197136
Re: English Orthography Reform
Here's my radical idea: let people spell anyway they want. Everything goes, so long as it is readable. I think over time the spelling system would be more regularized due to the popularity of some forms of spelling winning out. What stops people from writing however they want, here and now? General...
- 06 Dec 2016 17:52
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The Priest Wrote the King a Letter
- Replies: 59
- Views: 12359
Re: The Priest Wrote the King a Letter
Kwanjir
Gwirdan circar circu i Kwahan.
priest write letter DAT king
[ˈgᵂiːdɐn ˈʧiːʧɐ ˈʧiːʧʊ ʏ‿ˈkᵂɒːhɐn]
Waku
Ko temu a kinna teli o wilu.
PFV write ERG priest letter DAT king
[ko tʲeːm aː kɨnʲːa tʲeːli o ɰiːl]
Gwirdan circar circu i Kwahan.
priest write letter DAT king
[ˈgᵂiːdɐn ˈʧiːʧɐ ˈʧiːʧʊ ʏ‿ˈkᵂɒːhɐn]
Waku
Ko temu a kinna teli o wilu.
PFV write ERG priest letter DAT king
[ko tʲeːm aː kɨnʲːa tʲeːli o ɰiːl]
- 14 Oct 2016 21:15
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: There will be a king
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1729
There will be a king
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N481mAKxLUg :gbr: –Great idea. Who needs a king? No king no king lalalalalala... –Idiots! There will be a king! –Hey, but you said... –I will be king. Stick with me, and you'll never go hungry again. :con: Waku –Tepu lairi. Mwei naee yela? Kuri yela lalalalalala –loip...
- 02 Oct 2016 10:56
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Gender ideology in languages
- Replies: 46
- Views: 14598
Re: Gender ideology in languages
This is not generally true. Though could always find some progressive ideologist in some hipster neighbourhood who would insist on that, it's not something that people generally do.Squall wrote:
'hen' is used for children, because they have not chosen their gender.
- 27 Sep 2016 22:50
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What I have been working on
- Replies: 232
- Views: 52877
Re: What I have been working on
Does the language have any grammar?
- 04 Sep 2016 21:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1631639
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I've been working on a "traditional" numeral system for Waku. Basic numerals are represented by letters, usually written in small caps: ı – 1 ᴏ – 2 ᴋ – 3 ᴀ – 4 ʏ – 5 ʏı – 6 ʏᴏ – 7 ʏᴋ - 8 ʏᴀ – 9 ᴛ – 10 ʟ – 100 w – 1000 x – 10000 A smaller numeral before a larger indicates multiplication; a ...
- 03 Sep 2016 18:34
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Waku (lessons)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4869
Re: Waku lesson #6
Lesson six / Kumui ikka teki Dialogue 1 –Ko laka o aki kia? –Ko laka o miakairu kikia. Ko naee a kia watti lonngu. –Maro ko laka a kia teki idde i takii. Vocabulary: laka – to go naee – to need watti – to buy lonngu – sausage idde – hour i takki – before, earlier, ago Translation: –Where did he go?...
Re: Kwanjir
There is a perfect participle, which may be used to form resultative constructions. The perfect participle is formed by adding the usual adjective endings to verbs: kial – "to go" kialat – gone (feminine) kialan – gone (masculine) kiala – gone (neuter) kialar – gone (plural) Together with ...